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The Olympics Just Got Cooler: Skateboarding Makes Its Debut at The Tokyo 2020 Games
From slides and flips to airs and grabs — the Tokyo 2020 Games just got a whole lot cooler. Skateboarding will make its long-awaiting Olympics debut this summer.
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High Jumper Vashti Cunningham Recreates Her Jumps — With Legos
The high jumper from Las Vegas tries her hand at Legos to show how she flies through the air and over the bar.
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Meet This U.S. Swimmer's Unusual (Imaginary) Pet
What do Olympians dream of? U.S. swimmer Lilly King shares one of hers with us and it just might surprise you.
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Watch These Olympians Try Their Hand at Origami
Watch these American athletes — absolutely the top of their field in such sports as track & field, wheelchair tennis, sitting volleyball, skateboarding and Paralympic swimming — try their hand at origami
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Grinding for Gold: Bay Area Teen Skateboarding Phenom Rides Toward Olympic Dreams
She’s USA Skateboarding’s youngest national champion ever, and an alternate for Team USA in Tokyo — but as she showed off her signature tricks with ease and style, 15-year-old Minna Stess told us her number one goal is to dominate the Olympic skate park in 2024.
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IOC Sets Aside $800M for Loans, Payments Linked to Pandemic
The IOC has set aside $800 million for loans and payments arising from the pandemic that forced the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be postponed
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USA Swimming Urges USOPC to Ask for Delay of Tokyo Games
The head of USA Swimming wants a postponement of the Tokyo Olympics
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Japan Moves Forward With Olympics ‘As Planned'
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters that the country plans to move forward with hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics as the coronavirus in Japan “has not progressed to an explosive rise of infection spread.”
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Olympic Torch Relay in Greece Suspended Because of Virus
The Greek Olympic committee has suspended the rest of its torch relay because of the “unexpectedly large crowd” that gathered to watch despite repeated requests for the public to stay away to prevent the spread of the coronavirus